Camp Mystic Director Apologizes for Flood Tragedy

0:00It's April 28th. Derm news today starts now, AI powered and ready. I'm Cory with the story. One director from Camp Mystic, that 100-year-old all-girls Christian camp on the Guadalupe River in Texas Hill Country, just gave a tearful apology to families of the 25 campers and two counselors killed in last year's July 4th flood. Edward Eastland explained how he and his father were on site that night, racing to save the youngest girls when heavy rains turned the river into a monster that tore through the camp. His dad didn't make it, but Edward survived by clinging to a tree. Families filled the room behind him during this second day of a special legislative hearing, and yeah, their anger makes total sense. These were kids, and counselors the camp washed grow up, making the world brighter. Now the camp's talking new training for counselors and drills for floods, fires, tornadoes, even intruders. Stuff investigators say should have been in. Place already, calling it a key factor in the tragedy.

1:03They're pushing to reopen late May, using only the dry spots, expecting 900 girls this summer. But victims' families are furious, and some big. Stay voices want regulators to block that license renewal under review right now, even as the full report drops later this year.